tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post6775297195038676299..comments2024-03-27T03:54:04.570-04:00Comments on architect design™: Private VersaillesArchitectDesign™http://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-46855682186165221432009-10-07T03:47:24.676-04:002009-10-07T03:47:24.676-04:00Thank you so much for this post. I enjoyed this vi...Thank you so much for this post. I enjoyed this virtual visit to Versailles with a trained architect, especially One who is obsessed with design. <br /><br />Those little faux-tent guard huts are Elsie De Wolf’s emblematic green and white, after all she did claim the color scheme of the pyramids. <br /><br />A little book of reflections on the art of design for seduction in the 18th century, is "La Petite Maison", "The little House" Jean-Francois Bastide (1758). (I read it in English.) <br /><br />The Novel, "the Leopard", is the work of jeweler Fulco di Verdura's Cousin, Price Giuseppe de Lampedusa. This is a very interesting aspect to the Jewelry history story in the twentieth century. To me all design history is interconnected.<br />Please let me know when you next plan to visit France.DHD Design Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704876197995973544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-61503252237367877782009-10-06T21:52:34.955-04:002009-10-06T21:52:34.955-04:00AD if you haven't seen the Leopard-DO.It is am...AD if you haven't seen the Leopard-DO.It is amazing, I did a post sometime ago. Reading the Anon. comment-reminds me of AN ADVENTURE-story of 1911 siting of MA by 2 English teacher types <br />Moberly & Jourdain. If you haven't read it-lots of goggle info now, and copies around. GTP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-52428779979183983102009-10-06T21:17:43.572-04:002009-10-06T21:17:43.572-04:00If you are interested in more information on Versa...If you are interested in more information on Versailles you should read "The Memoirs of the Duc du Saint-Simon" He gives a detailed description of life in the court. As to the toilet, it may have been the only one in the palace. Most people used chamber pots. There were many servants coming and going and looking after the chamber pots was one of their jobs. Also if you are interested in chamber pots, you should watch "The Leopard" Visconti's film starring Burt Lancaster. The ballroom scene is eye-opening. Also, it is filmed in many Palaces in Naples and quite beautiful. As an architect you will appreciate that.Edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-10607151424885828922009-10-06T20:30:08.333-04:002009-10-06T20:30:08.333-04:00Really interesting post with very nice photos. I ...Really interesting post with very nice photos. I have been to Versailles a few times, but the last time I went it was late March, and it was eerily quiet that day. I am not sure why, but there were hardly any people at all visiting. I rarely ran into anyone, and felt entirely alone with the exception of an occasional guard walking around. It was so strange to stand all by myself in those grand rooms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-58201228475383042112009-10-06T10:33:59.300-04:002009-10-06T10:33:59.300-04:00So glad you go to go to your heart's place of ...So glad you go to go to your heart's place of place. So glorious. Since you brought it up...where did the remains of the king's day go? (How did the toilet system work?) Or below Versailles is there a heap of royal compost?home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-72506868722295996632009-10-06T04:06:51.164-04:002009-10-06T04:06:51.164-04:00I agree - the guard rooms area adorable and the t...I agree - the guard rooms area adorable and the toilets! so beautiful.cotedetexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421509668956556785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-21628148051379557242009-10-05T11:32:18.718-04:002009-10-05T11:32:18.718-04:00Actually the guards rooms would do nicely-I love t...Actually the guards rooms would do nicely-I love the way you hone in on the personal & aesthetic eccentricities of your trip and history-doesn't all come to life this way? GTP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-64402084500963842652009-10-05T08:23:17.257-04:002009-10-05T08:23:17.257-04:00Great post. I have never been to the private apart...Great post. I have never been to the private apartments though and have until today seen few photographs. How low-ceilinged they are in comparison to the rooms of parade and how intimate they are! Thank you.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28651976363618994.post-5051153919742577262009-10-05T07:43:40.654-04:002009-10-05T07:43:40.654-04:00When we went last year, the gates to the entrance ...When we went last year, the gates to the entrance had been restored and were glowing. There is just too much to take in for one day. I look forward to going back again.<br />pvepve designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527745630303158002noreply@blogger.com